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[jet <jet@no-log.org>]

Bon,jour,

Nous vous faisons suivre la dernière étude comparative de Privacy 
International sur l'état des libertés privées dans nos douces contrées.

Un tableau sommaire mais exhaustif apparait ici:
http://www.privacyinternational.org/survey/phr2005/phrmap2005telegraph.jpg

Le somaire des nombreux documents disponibles est ici:
http://www.privacyinternational.org/article.shtml?cmd[347]=x-347-545223


Bien à vous.
bba france

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Sujet:  Argentina beats the US and UK in first global privacy rankings
Date:   Wed, 01 Nov 2006 04:23:30 +0000
De:     Simon Davies <s.g.davies@lse.ac.uk>



Hi folks,

Here's the press release and attachments for the international privacy
survey. Could you distribute this as widely as possible, particularly to
press and bloggers.

Please watch out for the embargo though. We may yet get this into the UK
press tomorrow.

Cheers

Simon


Privacy International

Publication of the first international privacy rankings

Argentina tops the US as a privacy protector ­ Britain tops the EU as worst
privacy invader.

1st November 2006

Publication embargo: 00.01 GMT, Thursday 2nd November 2006.


On Thursday 2nd November the London‹based watchdog group Privacy
International will publish the first ever international privacy rankings,
scored by country.  The rankings establish for the first time that most of
the world¹s most economically advanced countries have failed to protect the
privacy rights of their citizens, while some of the newest and poorest
democracies have become best protectors.

The rankings project was drawn primarily from the 1,200 page Privacy & Human
Rights report, jointly produced each year by Privacy International and the
US based Electronic Privacy Information Center.  The new leagues table ranks
36 countries according to their ability to protect privacy. The list
includes all 25 EU countries, Australia, Canada and the United States.

Conversely, the rankings indicate which countries are the worst privacy
offenders - the emerging surveillance societies. The report measures the
extent of information available to authorities about citizens and the many
ways that data is used. Categories include police data, DNA, visual
surveillance and identity card technology. These are measured alongside
against legal and constitutional protections.

Below are some key findings. (Please note that ³worst ranking² and ³lowest
ranking² denotes countries that exhibit poor privacy performance and high
levels of surveillance.)

*  The two worst ranking countries in the survey are Malaysia and China. The
highest-ranking countries are Germany and Canada.

*  In terms of statutory protections and privacy enforcement, the US is the
worst ranking country in the democratic world. In terms of the health of
national privacy protection, the US has been ranked between Thailand and
Israel. 

*  The worst ranking EU country is the United Kingdom, which fell into the
³black² category along with Russia and Singapore. The black category defines
countries demonstrating ³endemic surveillance².

*  Despite having no comprehensive national privacy law, the United States
scored higher than the UK. Thailand and the Philippines also scored higher
than the UK. 

*  Argentina scored higher than 20 of the 25 EU countries.

*  Australia ranks higher than Slovenia but lower than Lithuania and
Argentina. New Zealand ranks higher than Australia and has an equivalent
ranking to the Czech Republic.

The two documents attached to this release are (a) the leagues table and (b)
a short explanatory and methodology report.

Commenting on the findings Privacy International¹s Director, Simon Davies,
said: ³This is damning evidence that privacy is being destroyed by the very
nations that proclaim to respect our rights. ³

³It is clear that there is a systemic failure of legal mechanisms to protect
us against the emerging surveillance society. Those responsible for
protecting our rights have failed to do so.²

³Argentina, Canada and Germany should be applauded for their efforts to
protect privacy. Australia, Britain and the United States have not only
performed abysmally but they are embracing surveillance at an alarming
speed².


Notes to editors:

Simon Davies can be reached for comment on (+44) 7958 466 552 or through
s.g.davies@lse.ac.uk

More information on Privacy International can be found at
www.privacyinternational.org